Category Archives: General Strategy

The Five Worst $6+ Cards

Disclaimer: Dominion does a really great job of balancing its Kingdom cards. Pretty much every card has some situations where it shines, and some situations where it doesn’t. Nevertheless, some cards just end up being flat-out better than others, either … Continue reading

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Guest Article: Deck Control

The following article was originally written by shark_bait in the forums. One very important aspect of Dominion is deck control.  This involves knowing what cards you have in your deck, how many of them are left in your deck and where … Continue reading

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Opening Probabilities, Part II

Last time we examined some basic opening probabilities for Silver/Silver openings and Chapel.  Today we’ll take a closer look at how you can use your opening two buys on Turns 1 and 2 to get to $5 on Turns 3 … Continue reading

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Guide to the Dominion Base Game

This is an article intended for those who only own the Dominion base game and want an overall strategic overview of the game.  It is assumed that you have played enough games of Dominion to have a general understanding of … Continue reading

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Combo of the Day #25: Warehouse/Conspirator

Conspirator chains are easiest to set up in a deck of non-terminals.  But without some kind of way of drawing more cards into your hand (for instance, if your non-terminal is Laboratory), they are frustratingly difficult to put together in … Continue reading

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Guest Article: Sample Game Planning

The following guest article is written by DG. Baron, Caravan, Coppersmith, Council Room, Haven, Masquerade, Remodel, Smithy, Thief, and Throne Room I decided to write an article about this game since it’s short and neat, there are some nice card … Continue reading

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Fun With Popular Buys: Card Power Levels

In our most recent installment, we looked at the popular buys page to examine the impact of tournament prizes to see which ones were popular, which ones were effective. While looking at this, I had jumped onto the page, sorted … Continue reading

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Fun with Popular Buys: Tournament Prizes

Theory’s hiatus continues, so you’re stuck with me providing some low quality content. Today’s mini installment is a follow up to our previous article on Cornucopia Prizes. We now have 1 weekend worth of data on CouncilRoom.com, so we can … Continue reading

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The Five Best $5 Non-Attacks

Disclaimer: Dominion does a really great job of balancing its Kingdom cards. Pretty much every card has some situations where it shines, and some situations where it doesn’t. Nevertheless, some cards just end up being flat-out better than others, either … Continue reading

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The Five Best $5 Attacks

Disclaimer: Dominion does a really great job of balancing its Kingdom cards. Pretty much every card has some situations where it shines, and some situations where it doesn’t. Nevertheless, some cards just end up being flat-out better than others, either … Continue reading

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